Verse 43
2 Samuel 22:43
World English Bible
43
Then I beat them as small as the dust of the earth.
I crushed them as the mire of the streets, and spread them abroad.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/אֶשְׁחָקֵ֖/ם כַּ/עֲפַר אָ֑רֶץ כְּ/טִיט חוּצ֥וֹת אֲדִקֵּ֖/ם אֶרְקָעֵֽ/ם
English Translation
And I will make them like dust of the earth, like the mud of the streets I will scatter them.
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Chapter 22 Context
1
David spoke to Yahweh the words of this song in the day that Yahweh delivered him out of the hand of...
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and he said:
“Yahweh is my rock,
my fortress,
and my deliverer, even mine;
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God (Elohim) is my rock in whom I take refuge;
my shield, and the horn of my salvation,
my high towe...
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I call on Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised;
So shall I be saved from my enemies.
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For the waves of death surrounded me.
The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
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The cords of Sheol were around me.
The snares of death caught me.
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In my distress, I called on Yahweh.
Yes, I called to my God (Elohim).
He heard my voice out of his t...
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Then the earth shook and trembled.
The foundations of heaven quaked and were shaken,
because he was...
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Smoke went up out of his nostrils.
Consuming fire came out of his mouth.
Coals were kindled by it.
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He bowed the heavens also, and came down.
Thick darkness was under his feet.
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He rode on a cherub, and flew.
Yes, he was seen on the wings of the wind.
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He made darkness a shelter around himself:
gathering of waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
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At the brightness before him,
coals of fire were kindled.
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Yahweh thundered from heaven.
The Most High uttered his voice.
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He sent out arrows, and scattered them;
lightning, and confused them.
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Then the channels of the sea appeared.
The foundations of the world were laid bare by Yahweh’s rebuk...
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He sent from on high and he took me.
He drew me out of many waters.
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He delivered me from my strong enemy,
from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
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They came on me in the day of my calamity,
but Yahweh was my support.
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He also brought me out into a large place.
He delivered me, because he delighted in me.
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Yahweh rewarded me according to my righteousness.
He rewarded me according to the cleanness of my ha...
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For I have kept Yahweh’s ways,
and have not wickedly departed from my God (Elohim).
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For all his ordinances were before me.
As for his statutes, I did not depart from them.
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I was also perfect toward him.
I kept myself from my iniquity.
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Therefore Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness,
According to my cleanness in his eye...
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With the merciful you will show yourself merciful.
With the perfect man you will show yourself perfe...
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With the pure you will show yourself pure.
With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.
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You will save the afflicted people,
But your eyes are on the haughty, that you may bring them down.
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For you are my lamp, Yahweh.
Yahweh will light up my darkness.
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For by you, I run against a troop.
By my God (Elohim), I leap over a wall.
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As for God (Elohim), his way is perfect.
Yahweh’s word is tested.
He is a shield to all those who ta...
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For who is God (Elohim), besides Yahweh?
Who is a rock, besides our God (Elohim)?
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God (Elohim) is my strong fortress.
He makes my way perfect.
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He makes his feet like hinds’ feet,
and sets me on my high places.
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He teaches my hands to war,
so that my arms bend a bow of brass.
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You have also given me the shield of your salvation.
Your gentleness has made me great.
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You have enlarged my steps under me.
My feet have not slipped.
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I have pursued my enemies and destroyed them.
I didn’t turn again until they were consumed.
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I have consumed them,
and struck them through,
so that they can’t arise.
Yes, they have fallen under...
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For you have armed me with strength for the battle.
You have subdued under me those who rose up agai...
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You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me,
that I might cut off those who hate me.
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They looked, but there was no one to save;
even to Yahweh, but he didn’t answer them.
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43
Then I beat them as small as the dust of the earth.
I crushed them as the mire of the streets, and s...
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You also have delivered me from the strivings of my people.
You have kept me to be the head of the n...
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The foreigners will submit themselves to me.
As soon as they hear of me, they will obey me.
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The foreigners will fade away,
and will come trembling out of their close places.
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Yahweh lives!
Blessed be my rock!
Exalted be God (Elohim), the rock of my salvation,
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even the God (Elohim) who executes vengeance for me,
who brings down peoples under me,
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who brings me away from my enemies.
Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me.
You deli...
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Therefore I will give thanks to you, Yahweh, among the nations,
and will sing praises to your name.
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He gives great deliverance to his king,
and shows loving kindness to his anointed,
to David and to h...
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